def intern_atom(self, name, only_if_exists = 0):
"""Intern the string name, returning its atom number. If
only_if_exists is true and the atom does not already exist, it
will not be created and X.NONE is returned."""
r = request.InternAtom(display = self.display,
name = name,
only_if_exists = only_if_exists)
return r.atom
def get_atom(self, atomname, only_if_exists=0):
if atomname in self._atom_cache:
return self._atom_cache[atomname]
r = request.InternAtom(display = self, name = atomname, only_if_exists = only_if_exists)
# don't cache NONE responses in case someone creates this later
if r.atom != X.NONE:
self._atom_cache[atomname] = r.atom
return r.atom